Final Round (1998)

Developer: Kuusou Kagaku
Publisher: Atlus
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Genres: Simulator, Sport

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How it feels

A patient, menu-driven climb from training schedules to fight-night decisions as you steadily groom a boxer toward the title.

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About

Final Round is a boxing simulation game in which the player is the trainer of a young boxer that wants to become the world champion. The gameplay is choose what the player wants his boxer to train during each week to improve his stats and to do that the boxer can do weightlifting, running, fight against an sparring, etc. He can train until the next fight arrives, In the fights the gameplay is choosing the proper action from one in the bottom left menu and after that select one of the four possible action in the bottom right menu.

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